μέταλλον
μέταλλον,
τό,
A). mine, quarry,
ἁλὸς μέταλλον salt-
pit, salt-
mine,
Hdt. 4.185 ;
μ. τετμημένον Hyp. Eux. 35 ;
μ. παλαιὸν ἀνασάξιμον IG 22.1582.56 : mostly in pl.,
χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα μέταλλα gold and silver
mines,
Hdt. 3.57 ;
τὰ ἀργύρεια μ., at Laurium,
Th. 2.55 ;
μέταλλα (alone)
silver mines,
X. Vect. 4.4 ;
μαρμάρου μ. marble
quarries,
Str. 9.1.23 .
2). mine in siege-operations,
πολιορκεῖν διὰ τῶν μ. Plb. 16.11.2 , al.
3). metaph.,
work,
οὐδ’ ἐν τοῖς ἀργυρείοις [ἐστί] μοι μ. Alciphr. 1.36 .
ShortDef
a mine
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέταλλον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mine, quarry</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἁλὸς μέταλλον</span> salt-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pit</span>, salt-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mine</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.185 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. τετμημένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hyp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eux.</span> 35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. παλαιὸν ἀνασάξιμον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1582.56 </span> : mostly in pl., <span class="foreign greek">χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα μέταλλα</span> gold and silver <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mines</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.57 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἀργύρεια μ.</span>, at Laurium, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.55 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέταλλα</span> (alone) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">silver mines</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg011.perseus-grc1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg011.perseus-grc1:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vect.</span> 4.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μαρμάρου μ.</span> marble <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quarries</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 9.1.23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mine</span> in siege-operations, <span class="quote greek">πολιορκεῖν διὰ τῶν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:11:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 16.11.2 </a> , al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">work</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὐδ’ ἐν τοῖς ἀργυρείοις [ἐστί] μοι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 1.36 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mineral, metal,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sammelb.</span> 4313 </span> (i/ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:5:3:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:5:3:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 5.3.21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 11.26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:5:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:5.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span> 5.9 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.363 </span>. (On the etym. cf. <span class="foreign greek">μεταλλάω</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}